South Wales Papillon Club Championship Show 2026

08 October 2026

Judge: Howard Ogden

Always such an honour to be invited to judge a Club Ch show and proved to be quite the best way to celebrate my birthday!

The dog game is indebted to such Clubs who seek to further interest in their breeds in these challenging times & to the likes of SWKA being willing to grant a Partnership facility so as to both provide a venue & a significant saving on costs.Sue Stanbury & her small committee evidently multi tasked throughout whether feeding us all classic Welsh treats, organising the mass of awards & specials, handling dogs for others both by way of support & to maintain the numbers or by ring stewarding and results recording. All credit to the exhibitors for being so well organised & you certainly celebrated the Papillon breed whether experienced or absolute beginners. There are still so many dedicated breeders who have consistently produced winning stock over many decades & the catalogue revealed how well you continue to work together.

I believe this was my 14th set of Papillon CCs since 1989 & 5th Club Ch show. Notwithstanding, I still duly swotted up as something always retakes your eye to be addressed & that homework included the brilliant OD A to Z as published back in January 2020. Hence that finely pointed muzzle is to be of a sufficient length to comprise about one-third of the head length overall; the body is described as “fairly long” with a loin “of good length”; the feet are hare-like with tufts of hair that extend beyond & are neither round nor trimmed; movement is light with “no hint” of hackney; size is “slightly longer than high”; as to colour, a tricolour apart, that is actually white first & foremost “with patches”. These breed standard specifics were at the forefront of my mind when subsequently making my placings.

70 exhibits, with just 11 absentees, was surely a pretty gd modernday turnout & was v much appreciated.

Best in Show: Lockett’s Ch Panspayon Jewel Of The Nile
Reserve Best in Show: Mann & Morrell’s Ch Braunswood Mask Of Zorro By Melangel;
Best Puppy in Show: Morris & Stanbury’s Inixia Graphic Design
Best Veteran in Show: Griffiths’ Manawyddan Harryhare
Best Phalene in Show: Morrell’s Ch Athene Vom Schwabenhof For Temelora (IMP DEU)
Best Baby Puppy in Show: Orchard’s Panspayon Perchans To Dream
Res. Best Baby Puppy in Show: Orchard’s Panspayon Persephone
Best Junior Handler: Libby Burke

Dog CC: Mann & Morrell’s Ch Braunswood Mask Of Zorro By Melangel
Res Dog CC: Ryan’s Feorlig Piece Of Cake
Bitch CC: Lockett’s Ch Panspayon Jewel Of The Nile
Res Bitch CC: Watson’s Beaujolie Hot Lips

Baby Puppy Dog (3,0)
1 Orchard’s Panspayon Perchans To Dream; 5m; such a lovely shape & style, scoring in set of ear & fineness of muzzle; dead level & so sound & secure; appeared quite the prospect; Best Baby Puppy
2 Olof’s Tarnock Tipple Time Tom; 5m & so v showy with a lovely set of ears; moved level & true albeit more high stepping that time & maturity can address; plenty promising.
3 Olof’s Tarnock Topsy Turvy Ted; litter brother.

Baby Puppy Bitch (2,0)
1 Orchard’s Panspayon Persephone litter sister to the baby PD; scored equally in breed type & structure as well as in skull & ears; understandably learning the ropes but was so engaging; Res Best Baby Puppy
2 Olof’s Tarnock Tipsy Time Tina; litter sister to Tom &Ted; just that bit shorter in muzzle & squarer in body than her rival but she is barely at the outset of the growth process; so lively & alert as she demonstrated with her lovely tail carriage.

Minor Puppy Dog (5,0)
Enviable class looking to the future.
1 Morris & Stanbury’s Inixia Graphic Design; pretty mature for his 7m that gave him an advantage; lovely head with a finely pointed muzzle & well set mobile ears; level body of fair length; light, positive & parallel on the move on hare-like feet with a well fringed & carried tail; finely coated; should have an assured future as duly marked today taking BPIS
2 Lee-Slater’s Graycaz Need To Know; 8m of v best breed type; rounded skull; fineness of muzzle with a defined stop; mobile ears; level with a loin of good length; well arched tail; fine, flat & silky coat; looks to be capable of following his family tradition on this showing.
3 Curry’s Wilachans Luca For Davankirk.

Puppy Dog (5,0)
1 Hector’s Secret Agent Pearly Charm For Taisett; some international breeding here & well forward for his 9m that couldn’t be denied; scored in type & structure; correct in both head & body proportions; ex skull, ears, muzzle & stop; 100% sound & parallel; well set & carried tail; fine & silky coat; surely a well thought out acquisition & I look forward to seeing what he produces.
2 Whitehill’s Northlyte Wy It; 9m tri of considerable appeal; simply less mature as he waits to grow on; large mobile ears at the one end with an ideal tail carriage at the other; inbetween there is level body of fair length & a balanced degree of angulation fore & aft; fine silky coat; light & free moving; plenty of promise.
3 Humphrey’s Akajou My Boy D’Euskadi (IMP FRA)

Junior Dog (3,0)
1 Morrell’s Melangel Unforgettable For Temelora; worthy 14m son of the subsequent Dog CC; well matured for his teens & beautifully bodied with some depth & a well sprung rib; muzzle maybe a tad less fine than some but of correct length; nicely fringed, large mobile ears with correctly placed, rounded, eye; what an ex tail carriage; above all else he went so well & true being light & parallel covering the ground; silky coat; one to watch out for moving forward.
2 Whitehill’s Amicae Blazing A Trail; has only turned 12m so understandably more raw as yet but excitingly so with his structure & his proportions throughout; truly lovely head with a finely pointed muzzle; body has length & is level; nicely angulated; spot on tailset & carriage; so sound & free flowing; v promising.
3 Last’s Lastayla Mr Crumble.

Yearling Dog (3,1)
1 Ryan’s Feorlig Piece Of Cake; 14m of utmost quality out of a Ch Amicae dam; strikingly white with red patches; youthful with all the aspects I was looking for; hence a muzzle abruptly finer than his skull with a well defined stop; well set & fringed ears displaying mobility; scored in neck & angles; scored in length of loin; fine silky coat; ideal tail carriage; so sound & light footed, moving parallel; it was his overall classiness & consistency that earned him the Reserve Dog CC.
2 Carter’s Graycaz Making Moonlight JW; 20m full brother to 2nd in MPD; another class act who should make his presence felt amongst his peers; slightly rounded skull; beautifully fringed ears that he just didn’t always carry to max advantage; low placed, rounded, eye; fine in muzzle; so level & well bodied of sufficient length with a well sprung rib; such ex hare-like feet with hair extending beyond; quality coat & fringing; such a light positive mover.

Novice Dog (4,0)
1 Griffith’s Melangel Ultrasonic To Manawyddan; 14m litter brother to the JD & hence sired by the Dog CC; ex proportions in both head & body; rounded, low placed, eye; finely pointed muzzle with defined stop; such stylish carriage enhanced with a well fringed tail set on high; impressed me with his sound, light, parallel movement; now ready to mature on to advantage.
2 Whitehill’s Amicae Spitfire; 12m litter brother of 2nd in JD; v promising & as excitingly raw as his sibling; mobile ears with fringing; ex body carriage being fairly long & level scoring in rib & loin; such a positive showman with an ex tail carriage; true, unrestricted, movement; no doubt these brothers will be swopping places on the campaign trail & I wish them both well.
3 A My Boy D’E (IMP FRA)

Graduate Dog (2,0)
1 L Mr Crumble; 3rd in JD; just turned 12m; v gd head features scoring in skull, eye, ear & stop with his abruptly finer muzzle; level body of fair length; fine silky coat; balanced angulation; relatively flat in tail carriage; came on a tad close but I simply put that down to his immaturity; should surely develop on to advantage.
2 Quinn’s Amber Beauty Xany (IMP POL); 3yrs who could have won, not least with his comparative maturity, save for his anxiety with his tail down someone having literally just stepped in to handle him due to the immediate absence of his owner; full of breed type ticking so many of my breed specific boxes; lovely head & eye; so well angulated & proportioned; quality coat & furnishings; absolutely sound & parallel; there was a clue as to his chances since he won a competitive PD the last time I awarded CCs & his owner should be in no doubt that he remains well worth campaigning

Post Graduate Dog(2,0)
1 Mann’s Braunswood Rising Star; 2yrs litter brother of the Dog CC that explains his self-evident quality; attractive in head scoring in skull, eye & ear if a tad shorter than some in muzzle; so well angulated; v secure in conformation & went so well, accordingly, & with well fringed & arched tail that was set on high; brilliantly coated both in its colouring & fine silkiness; save for his own brother getting in the way, he should be readily moving up the ranks.
2 Curry’s Wilachans Greatest Showman For Davankirk; 2yrs who, notwithstanding his age, is needing to grow on; lacked some length of coat & furnishings; scored in skull, defined stop, eye & ear if relatively short in muzzle; moved true enough & most certainly a “Showman”.

Limit Dog (6,0)
A challenging class of contrasts
1 Whitehill’s Feorlig Spark Of Life; so, unbeknown to me, here stood the 14m litter brother of the YD; sheer class & quality & meets that ideal definition of “nothing worth changing” beyond the maturing process; faultless head & muzzle with large mobile & well fringed ears; has length of body & loin if currently light there; spot on tail carriage with arch; so free flowing on the move & came on so well, moving parallel; fine silky coat; such enviable, competitive, siblings moving forward.
2 Hector’s Amber Beauty Valentino At Taisett (IMP POL); just turned 4yrs so benefitting from maturity in addition to his obvious breed quality; fabulous front with straight fine bone; scored in skull, mobility of large fringed ears & a well defined stop; muzzle fine if shorter than some; ex structure & carriage; level with a strong loin & well sprung rib; fine silky coat; flowing & parallel mover; just preferred the overall proportions of the winner.
3 Quinn’s Bresar’s L’Essenziale (IMP ITA)

Open Dog (8,3)
1 Mann & Morrell’s Ch Braunswood Mask Of Zorro By Melangel; striking 2yr old of utmost quality who was so satisfying to go “hands on” with his undeniable classic structure & proportions; super head scoring in skull, eye, ear plus length & fineness of muzzle; gd neck & angles; body of fair length & level; ex tail carriage; scored in coat & fringing; light moving with parallel rear; on today’s evidence is proving to be as good in the proverbial “sack” as in the ring & I look forward to seeing the future generations. Dog CC & RBIS
2 Thompson, Austin & Stanbury’s Elendil San Miguel; just turned 3yrs & positively oozing quality & style; so alert & bright as evidenced by his well set mobile ears that were large & heavily fringed to show his rounded skull shape; another of ex structure, angulation & he displayed light, free- flowing, parallel movement; not quite the tail arch nor degree of body length but I am being “picky”, given my job is to have to make decisions, & wouldn’t be the least surprised to see him titled, just like his sire became, that I now can see I awarded the CC to at 3 Counties ’24
3 Johnson’s Loutony Prancealot At Petitpaws

Veteran Dog (4,2)
1 Griffiths’ Manawyddan Harryhare; only 7.5yrs that worked to his advantage being relatively youthful; truly lovely type & proportions throughout; scored in skull, eye, ear & fineness of muzzle; enviable fringing; gd front & angles; level with a body of fair length & a strong loin; quality coat in both texture & clarity of colour with its blk patches; moved parallel on gd feet; worthy BVIS
2 Foynes’ Lafay Petite Etoile JW VW; quite remarkable for 11.5yrs; still with an ex coat & fringing; head features provided an intelligent expression; heavier bodied & just not the overall balance & angulation of his rival but an undeniable character who was proud to still be strutting his stuff to the admiration of us all
SPO Phalene D(1,0)
1 Orchard’s Panspayon To Be A Star; 10m who I had to “knock” in PD due to his ears not being sufficiently dropped, & having bounce, as this most knowledgeable & forthright of breeder- exhibitors readily acknowledged; so frustrating as he had quality in abundance with an ideal frame & a carriage that was totally smart & sound; sportingly exhibited here to play his part.

Special Papillon Open Resident in Wales D/B(3,1)
1 L Prancealot At P; 16m who held his own in OD, standing 3rd; quality youngster with a future scoring in head properties & body proportions; well angulated & level; gd coat & fringing; carried himself light, free & true; simply waits to develop on upon these same lines to then challenge his peers.
2 A My Boy D’E (IMP FRA); 9m who stood 3rd in both PD & ND; simply raw as yet as accords with his tender age but I have no doubt he should develop on to distinct advantage since he has both the structure & that degree of fair length; pleased in head & eye & made gd use of himself being light & positive on the move

Minor Puppy Bitch(1,0)
1 Lee-Slater’s Graycaz Minnie Mee; 8m litter sister to the 2nd in MPD; so pretty & typy with a lovely eye, ear & fineness of muzzle; nicely covered already; level of fair length; carries herself so well, moving positively & parallel on fine hair-like feet; what a promising pair of siblings to campaign.

Puppy Bitch (1,1)

Junior Bitch (2,1)
1 Olof’s Tarnock Enchanting Eevee; barely 12m tri I see is Ch Tarnock sired; so feminine & striking with her tan spots over her eyes; well set & mobile ear; finely pointed muzzle; level of ideal body length; well angulated fore & aft that will have contributed to her standout soundness as she free-flowed with a light, parallel action & arched, well fringed, tail; wish her well in pursuing her family tradition

Yearling Bitch (2,0)
1 Burke’s Graycaz Looby Loo JW; 20m litter sister to 2nd in YD making another valuable pairing; so stylish in profile with her arched tail carriage, her angulation, her fair body length & her positivity so as to cover the ground; scored in skull, eye & ear with a finely pointed muzzle; fine silky coat; above all else she went so well & parallel; one to watch.
2 Olof’s Keomandi’s Sweet Dreams Among Tarnock’s; rising 14m hence giving plenty of age away to her rival; feminine with gd proportions both in head & body, the latter being level & of a fair length; her teenage immaturity gave her some narrowness & she was crossing in front; have every confidence she should develop on to advantage & has plenty of time on her side.

Novice Bitch (1,0)
1 Clerey’s Kenleap Brimstone; 2.5yrs yet learned she was attending her first ever Ch show; this is a cracking Papillon b & way beyond Novice; lovely expressive head scoring in eye & ear; finely muzzled; she has the length through body & loin; she has the coat & fringing; she has the carriage; so sound & free flowing; absolutely worth campaigning & will then be rising up the ranks.

Graduate Bitch (0,0)

Post Graduate Bitch (0,0)

Limit Bitch (5,1)
1 Watson’s Beaujolie Hot Lips; just rising 13m so frighteningly young for LB but she couldn’t be denied; absolute quality excelling in breed type; large mobile ears; fineness of muzzle of desired degree of length; enviable construction & angulation; of fair body length with some depth; ex tailset & carriage; moved in accordance with her structure being free-flowing & parallel; the more I asked of her the more she gave, not least in the challenge, annexing the Reserve Bitch CC; Congrats.
2 Hector’s Caramel Dream Perlowy Raj At Taisett; rising 3yrs & principally Polish bred; benefitted from maturity of body that was level with a well sprung rib; scored in skull & muzzle; a parallel mover on the best of tufted hare-like feet; admittedly would just have preferred that bit more leg & body length.
3 Griffith’s Manawyddan Sweeter Music.

Open Bitch (7,1) Ex class headed by the 3xChs present.
1 Lockett’s Ch Panspayon Jewel Of The Nile; here stood what I had been waiting, and hoping, to find; here was the “wow” factor; absolutely feminine; textbook proportions & totally sound; I had noted her as being 6yrs but the catalogue reckons she just turned 7 in August; fabulous head scoring in those virtues I’ve constantly listed of skull, ear, stop & muzzle that combine together to give such an intelligent, alert expression; so well angulated; benefitted from her obvious maturity with a fair length of body & loin; well fringed, arched, tail; took everything up a notch with her foot perfect, light, free-flowing, parallel action as she circuited the ring with balanced ease on fine boned legs & hare-like feet; abundant, fully fringed, fine silky coat: subsequently learned she turned the tables today, having had a run of 12 successive Res CCs to the runner up, & note she did so again at Midland Counties; she has gone above & beyond as evidenced by her being the dam of the Ch standing in 3rd spot who was my Res CC winner last time. Bitch CC & BIS
2 Robb’s Ch Gleniren Miracle Starmaker; just turned 3yrs & was my MPB/BPIB last time; self-evidently I was looking for her to have grown on so as to have more leg & body length & today was running somewhat close in rear; she absolutely embodies that v first word in the breed standard, namely “dainty” & I would personally add the word “diva”; what a fabulous expression, that was pretty unmatched, courtesy of her skull, eye, mobility of ear & fineness of muzzle of perfect proportion; well angulated fore & aft; slender straight front with firm elbows; dead level; best of highset tails with arched carriage & so well fringed; best of fine silky coats with profuse frill & masterful presentation; was understandably absent later as she had won through to the SWKA Group, albeit unplaced on this occasion.
3 Orchard’s Ch Panspayon Pennyroyale JW ShCEx OSW.

Veteran Bitch (1,0)
1 Humphrey’s Lilnrose Butterfly Kisses To Gloynbyw; 7yrs with a Kazkell sire & dam; large mobile ears at the one end & arched tail carriage at the other; inbetween she is well bodied & level; took particular note of her regular & complete bite; maybe not in the fullest of coats & fringing but all credit is due for her conditioning as evidenced by her lightness of foot covering the ring so well.

Special Open Phalene B(1,0)
1 Morrell’s Ch Athene Vom Schwabenhof For Temelora (IMP DEU); just turned 5yrs; loved her on sight & even more so having gone “hands on”; totally feminine; those vital ears were completely dropped & so curtain-like; scored in eye & muzzle; gd neck & shoulder; scored in her structure with such balance & due degree of body length, including her strong loin; abundant silky coat, well fringed; carried herself with such light positivity; would readily have signed a CC for her & was so close up in the challenge. Best Phalene In Show

Junior Handling(1,0)
1 Libby Burke; such a self-assured 11yr old young lady who ensured her exhibit, the YB, was more prominent than herself whilst moving her at just the right pace & keeping her eye on me at all times as I deliberately moved position; also set her up correctly on the table; had earlier been active at the stewards table where she showed a true understanding of the breed; Best Junior Handler.